Health

Long COVID patients want treatment and good data about the mysterious condition that continues to cast a shadow over their recovery. But at the moment, they’re limited to what’s available: hardly anything.

When PriceRite closed, Pigtown leaders feared the neighborhood would become a new food ‘desert.’

We came of age with lots of information about puberty, but with less guidance when it comes to menopause.

Lawsuit accuses the Maryland Department of Human Services and its Social Services Administration of overusing psychotropic medications as a form of “chemical restraint” for some kids with severe behavioral health problems.

Researchers are looking to test an mpox treatment during the outbreak, like they did for COVID.

Of the more than one-third of the foster children prescribed psychotropic drugs, half are given more than one drug, despite concerns by the medical community about the use of multiple psychotropic drugs by children, according to the complaint.

A spike in COVID-19 and other diseases means Marylanders need more workplace protections, an attorney says; Baltimore County's Office of Inspector General needs more authority, not less, says a former reporter who covered county government.

Maryland Hospital Association reports that most hospitals are more than 90% full and many are at capacity, contributing to longer wait times for all patients.

Book: Growing number of dead bodies nearly crippled Maryland's medical examiners.

After three weeks in an orthopedic boot, I have to figure out how to get my fitness back.

The FDA changed its rules to allow the abortion pill to be obtained at the pharmacy counter instead of in-person from a provider. It’s up to pharmacies whether they will comply.

A transgender man scheduled a hysterectonmy at a Catholic hospital in Towson and was told the night before the surgery it couldn't be performed because it went against the hospital's Catholic ethics.

The facility in West Baltimore unveils new kitchen, gym and medical center that includes a pharmacy as part of a multiyear, $10.2 million expansion program.

The kind of lifesaving training that saved Damar Hamlin is required in Maryland high schools.

Insulin copays dropped to $30 maximum per month for privately insured Marylanders and $35 for those with Medicare January 1, thanks to new state and federal laws.

Experts say cocaine-related deaths are likely due mostly to use in combination with, or contamination by, fentanyl.

“It’s one thing to just throw resources at a community,” one harm reduction worker. “It’s another to build relationships."

A large investment of federal and state funding for skills training is needed to build the workforce for fixing Baltimore’s crumbling infrastructure, State Sen. Cory McCray and entrepreneur Mike Rosenbaum say. That kind of “Marshall Plan” for Baltimore would benefit workers and all residents of the Baltimore region, they say.

20 months after Mayor Brandon Scott first announced the city’s intent to buy two hotels to provide permanent and temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness — a flagship piece of the homeless services strategy — city officials say they have yet to close the deal.

Residents, community activists and others took to the streets in protest one year after an explosion at the CSX coal storage facility in Baltimore’s Curtis Bay area. Residents spoke about their heightened fears of dangers to health, safety and the environment they believe the facility poses.